On September 9, Poland's eastern air defense radar suddenly sounded, and 19 unknown flight targets flashed on the screen. The military began to intercept the fighter aircraft, followed by a bite that the drones were from Russia and were "deliberately crossing the border".
Poland has not only submitted an emergency report to NATO, but also launched a collective defense consultation mechanism, while announcing the full closure of border ports with Belarus.
related to this, Central Europe can be killed.
On September 15, Wang Yi spoke for three hours with Polish President Duda and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorsky.After the meeting, Poland finally echoed: agreed to reopen the Central European Transportation Canal, but accompanied by an attractive condition.
But China’s word directly sprinkled the idea of Poland’s seating price...
This time Poland blocked the border, on the surface is playing "safe cards", in fact, is a risky geopolitical gambling. They thought to strangle the throat of the Central European ranks, can force China to choose a side in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but this game, from the beginning, even missed two things:
The first is that China does not eat this set of coercion at all, and the second is that Poland itself can not entirely tolerate economic reactions.
Poland’s concerns are not in vain.
Russia and Belarus joint military exercises “West 2025” to reach 20,000.Although the invitation of U.S. officers and observers from Turkey and Hungary was relatively restrained, Poland was scared enough.
The previous drone invasions have made Poland more nervous.
Interestingly, Poland, on the one hand, shouted "fear", and on the other hand, silently signed documents that agreed to NATO troops to be stationed in their territory and launched an "Eastern Guard" operation.
This "you show muscles I also show muscles" operation, instead, makes the situation more tense.
Russia sees NATO as a provocation. Poland believes Russia is intentionally threatening.The vicious cycle is like that.
The reason Poland lists Central European banks as codes is because they overestimate their leverage and underestimate China’s strategic strength.
Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski originally intended to put pressure on the Chinese side through the meeting, asking China to “impel Russia to stop the hybrid operation.”
But China’s foreign policy is never about who hears whom, we are talking about principles. Not interfering in internal affairs, not acting as agents, and insisting on dialogue to resolve disputes.
Even if China-Russia relations are good, China will not make decisions for others.
Moreover, the fire that blocked the border was first burned by Poland itself.
As the "steel mill" that connects China and Europe, China-European trains carry more than 50 billion yuan worth of goods annually, and 90% of trains need to enter the European market through Poland.
With the blockade order, more than 300 trains loaded with electronics, auto parts and photovoltaic equipment were forced to stay at the border, and logistics costs rose by more than 15 percent overnight.
Among them, the Malaysian port earns a direct profit of 500 million euros annually from the Central European line, employing a large number of local people in logistics, warehousing, customs services and other industries.
A week after the blockade, Polish logistics losses exceeded ten million euros. Border cities workers strikeUnemployment is expected to rise by two percentage points.The Polish National Chamber of Commerce has rushed to say that the economy will collapse.
This is true of the old saying: kill an enemy eight hundred, save a thousand.
Therefore, Poland is also holding hard, and if there is a better option, it won’t get down on the Central European ranks.
Then China will give Poland a step down!
In the face of this crisis, China did not shoot the table, nor compromise, but took the best step: to promote stability through cooperation and win-win through dialogue.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Warsaw travelled to Warsaw to resolve the issue. It will also pave the way for future cooperation.
Wang Yi said two things clearly during the talks: First, China and Europe are the flagship projects of China-Europe cooperation, which cannot be abducted because of geopolitics; Second, logistics is in the common interest of all, and no one can shut down their own claims.
This is a heavy point, neither avoiding Poland’s security concerns, nor promising their condition of “convincing Russia”, but drawing the topic back to the right track of economic cooperation.
The reason why China can break up is not the voice, but the card in the hand.
The economic situation in Poland has not been much better in recent years. German economic downturn affects Polish manufacturingChina’s new energy vehicles, green technology, and rare-earth trade are all areas of Poland’s eye.
Wang Yi's visit not only talked about the line-up issue, but also signed a number of cooperations to encourage Chinese car companies to invest in the Polish electric vehicle industry, accelerate Polish agricultural products into the Chinese market, and deepen green economic cooperation.
This is to pull Poland from the “safe anxiety” back to the “real interests”: to work with you to make money, and with you to drink only the northwest wind.
China’s neutrality is not visible.
We have repeatedly stressed that “disputes are resolved through dialogue.”This strategic awareness has made Poland realize that China is not a gamble for everyone, but a great country worthy of long-term cooperation.
In the end, Poland had to take that thought carefully, and in the joint statement in white paper black inserted "jointly guarantee the safe and smooth flow of the China-European line."
The crisis is temporarily resolved, but the problems behind it are far from disappearing.
Poland, and even Europe as a whole, is still in trouble with security anxieties and economic dependency, both relying on NATO to protect itself and unable to separate from China’s economic cooperation.
And Central Europe ranks this time can restart the car, not because who won who, but because everyone finally settled the bill: Cooperation is wiser than confrontation and win-win is wiser than zero and.
But China’s role in this crisis is becoming more and more clear: we don’t choose to stand on the sidelines, we don’t choose to be as gunpowder, but rather make real bridges that connect the world.
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